Cultivator.



Patented July l5, I902.

- A. HABYMON. CULTIVATUR.

(Application filed July 9, 1900.]

(No Model.)

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ALONZO HARMON, OF TECUMSEH, NEBRASKA.

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SPECIFICATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 704,538, dated July 15, 1902. Application filed July 9, 1900. Serial No. 22,949. (No model.)

To a whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALONZO HARMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tecumseh, in the county of Johnson and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators; and Ido de-' clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had totheaccompanying draw ings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cultivators; and it relates particularly toattachments for cultivators for use in connection with growing corn andother young growth.

The object of the invention is toprovidea cultivator having attachedthereto simple means for eifectively preventing injury to corn and thelike during working of the soil in which the plants are growing, whichwill prevent injury to the plants as the cultivator is moved along rowsof stalks by moving the leaves of the plants away from the shoes andother parts of the cultivator, thus avoiding injury to the plants andfacilitating rapid work.

2 is a side View of one of my fenders removed.

from a cultivator, and Fig. 3 represents one of the brackets forattaching the rear end of the fender to the cultivator-beam.

In the drawings, A represents a cultivatorbeam. In the presentembodiment of my invention I have shown two beams attached at theirforward ends by pivot-joints to an axle B, the arrangement being such asto permit one beam and the attached cultivator-shoes C to pass on eachside of a row of corn'or other plant.

The fender is designated by the letter D, and it consists of aplate,-prcferably of metal, adapted to extend along the cultivator-beamsa short distance from the latter and between the beam and a row of cornor other growing plant. provided with a series of openings (1, receivinga bolt d, by which the forward end of the fender is attached to asupportE, by which the fender is maintained in position in use.

The support E is attachedat its forward end at a point e to the beam Aand from this point extends outward and rearward from the beam to thepoint of attachment to the fender. The rearend of the support E has anopening in it receiving a bolt cl, which also extends through one of theopenings din the forward -end of the fender.

The rear end of each fender has attached to it upright extensions havingin the upper ends thereof elongated slots f, which receive bolts f?, bywhich the rear ends of the fenders are supported. The extensions F areconnected with the beams of the cultivator by brackets G, havingvertical outer ends 9, providedwith slots g, corresponding to the slotsThe forward end ofrthe fender D is cultivator-shoes or with other partsof the cul- I tivator. The bracket E, by which the for:

ward end of the fender is supported, first comes into contact with anygrowing plant, and as it extends rearward and outward from the beam ofthe cultivator it will guide the plants, the. away from the beam andinto contact with the fender, which latter will prevent contact of theplants with the cultivator;

The fender may be adjusted to different heights, adapting it for use onvegetable growth of different sizes, first by the adj ust ment permittedby the slotted brackets G and Y extensions F and by turning the supportE upon the point of attachment to the beam of the cultivator andbyarranging the bolt d in a suitable opening din the forward endof thefender.

are arranged in a curved line in order to receivethe bolt d in the outerend of the support'E no matter what position the support may be moved toto secure the forward end 7 of the fender at difierent-heights.

Having thus described my invention, what i -I claim as new, and desireto secure byLetters Patent, is'- 2 The combination with a cultivator ofa fender extending along the side of the cultivator and adapted to beinterposed in use between the cultivator and growing plants, the fenderhaving in its frontportion a series of openings in different verticalplanes, and having at its rear end an upward extension provided Theopenings d are arranged not' onlyatdifferent heights in the fender, but

with elongated openings, a rigid support extending rearward and outwardfrom the front of the beam of the cultivator and having in its rear endan opening receiving a bolt which also passes through one of theopenings in the front portion of the fender, and a bracket attached tothe beam of the cultivator adjacent to the extension from the tender,the bracket having a vertical portion provided with openings adapted toregister with those in the extension from the fender, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of witnesses.

ALoNZo HARMoN.

Witnesses:

L. O. CHAPMAN, E. L. BALL, (1 E. CUNIAN.

